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1 month ago
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Meet the Solar-Powered Slug That Steals Photosynthetic Machinery from Algae for Emergency Food

Sea slugs possess specialized compartments that store and maintain functional chloroplasts, allowing them to photosynthesize.
The slugs can consume stored chloroplasts for energy in times of scarcity.
fromHarvard Gazette
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Stealing a 'superpower' - Harvard Gazette

Sea slugs can consume and incorporate algal organelles, enabling them to perform photosynthesis and produce nutrients.
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